Parametric modelling of an air-liftable origami-inspired deployable shelter with a novel erection strategy

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-33

  Quagli, C P ^a   Ballard, Z C ^a   Thrall, A P ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterweight; Deployable shelter; Origami

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS;

COUNTERWEIGHT; DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURE; DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS; FEASIBLE SOLUTION SPACES; ORIGAMI; PARAMETRIC FINITE ELEMENTS; PARAMETRIC MODELLING; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE;

DISASTER PREVENTION;

CONSTRUCTION METHOD; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; INSULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RIGIDITY; WEIGHT;

EID: 84903200644     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/MAR140021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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